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Panama may soon follow El Salvador in making cryptocurrencies legal tender

TechSpot

In a series of tweets posted by Gabriel Silva, the Panamanian congressman shared a video of himself giving an overview of the "Crypto Law" he's backing, a PDF detailing the bill, and a more friendly presentation for those that might think the PDF is too long to read.

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The Road to Accessibility without Borders: Celebrating the One-Year Anniversary of the Marrakesh Treaty

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I have previously written about the top issues addressed by the Treaty , but to recap, the Treaty is a wonderful instrument because it requires exceptions for people who are blind or have other print disabilities in national copyright laws. And when you sign the treaty, you haven’t succeeded. HathiTrust.

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Anonymous Camera is a new app that uses AI to quickly anonymize photos and videos

The Verge

Ah early user of the app who testified to its usefulness is Paul Radu, an investigative journalist who covers organized crime and corruption with the OCCRP , which helped publish the Panama Papers. And even if journalists and activists use tools like this to anonymize photos, that doesn’t mean law enforcement will.

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The best VPNs for staying anonymous and secure on the web

Mashable Tech

Along those same lines, using a VPN to unblock streaming services like Netflix from a country where it's not available isn't technically against the law, but it is a violation of the company's terms of use — i.e., you may get slapped with a warning or error message if caught. Let's not get too brazen, here. Choosing a VPN can be tricky.

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a16z, NFX back Latitud’s effort to become ‘the operating system for every venture-backed company in LatAm’

TechCrunch

We discovered it cost about $30,000 to hire three different law firms to create the right structure so we can attract VC from the U.S.,” Mexico, Colombia, Nicaragua, Uruguay, Panama, Argentina and Spain. . It started by documenting the process to create Latitud. “We Requarth said. “It It seems excessive, annoying and a waste of time.”.

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The book Facebook doesnt want you to read: What you need to know

Mashable Tech

It opens with the time Wynn-Williams had to smuggle Zuckerberg out of a state dinner in Panama, making a break for it past naked dancers and a troupe of horses. One time there's a risk that Facebook employees might be arrested if they step foot in South Korea because the company ignored a local law that applied to Facebook games.

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Why major global powers are so interested in Greenland right now

Fast Company Tech

Greenland sits strategically along two potential routes through the Arctic, which would reduce shipping times between the North Atlantic and Pacific and bypass the bottlenecks of the Suez and Panama canals. Why Greenland? controls this mineral-rich country that guards the Arctic and North Atlantic approaches to North America.

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